CHICAGO – August 25, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today took action on the following bills:

Bill No.: HB 78

An Act Concerning: Education

Creates the offense of criminal trespass to a safe school zone.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

Bill No.: HB 190

An Act Concerning: Education

Allows for at least 5 charter schools in the Chicagoland area to educate students from low-performing or overcrowded schools and also be devoted to those high school students at risk of dropping out.

Action: Amendatorily Vetoed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: HB 237

An Act Concerning: State Government

Creates the Illinois Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: HB 242

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Creates a timeframe for counties to respond to requests from townships to demolish or repair buildings considered to be a nuisance or hazard to the community and extends the time allowed for townships to pay back loans on new building projects.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: HB 299

An Act Concerning: Public Health

Creates a reporting requirement for all CD4 and HIV viral load test results.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

Bill No.: HB 806

An Act Concerning: Safety

Places notification requirements on landowners who apply sludge to farmland.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: HB 1056

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Allows municipalities to adopt rules of procedure concerning participation during public hearings.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: HB 1069

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Requires director of the Illinois State Police to develop a process for waiver applications for qualified State police officers to act as death and homicide investigators and may grant waivers.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

Bill No.: HB 1095

An Act Concerning: State Government

The bill prohibits the use of controls in forced air heating equipment "in any non-residential structure,” except for structures used for production agriculture, and provides for criminal penalties for violations of rebuilt flame safeguard controls.

Sets an 18-month time limit for insurance companies to recoup payments made to providers in error.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

Bill No.: HB 1218

An Act Concerning: Revenue

Changes a number of requirements concerning tax sales and other changes to the property tax code.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

Bill No.: HB 1488

An Act Concerning: State Government

Creates a Management Improvement Initiative Committee to implement recommendations made in a report concerning streamlining oversight of human service providers.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: HB 1571

An Act Concerning: Education

Makes technical changes to the Care of Students with Diabetes Act.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: HB 1908

An Act Concerning: Criminal Law

Prohibits persons on parole/release for meth charges to buy pseudoephedrine unless prescribed by a physician.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

Bill No.: HB 1909

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Amends service of process requirements under the Counties Code for property owners who have repeatedly violated the code.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

Bill No.: HB 1929

An Act Concerning: Corrections

Increases from $2 to $5 the amount of co-payment the Illinois Department of Corrections is authorized to collect for non-emergency medical and dental care from inmates.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

Bill No.: HB 1973

An Act Concerning: State Government

Amends the fee-splitting prohibition in the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: HB 2094

An Act Concerning: Wildlife

Clarifies the definition of “baiting” in the Wildlife Code.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: HB 2193

An Act Concerning: Criminal Law

Creates a criminal offense for possession and sale of caustic and noxious substances, and provides for restrictions on the purchase or acquisition of corrosive or caustic acid.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: HB 2362

An Act Concerning: Civil Law

Clarifies how a defendant’s medical records are given to a court-appointed expert for a determination of the defendant’s fitness to stand trial.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

Bill No.: HB 2804

An Act Concerning: Wildlife

Allows for the donation of unwanted or unclaimed deer meat by licensed meat processors.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediate

Bill No.: HB 3005

An Act Concerning: Parentage

Restricts the definition of the term “parent” as it relates to child protection proceedings in juvenile court.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: HB 3012

An Act Concerning: Civil Law

Requires stable keepers to have an enforceable lien for the cost of unpaid boarding and related expenses for horses as well as all personal property left on the premises.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

Bill No.: HB 3115

An Act Concerning: Education

Authorizes the Illinois State Board of Education to provide funding to K-12 public and private schools for the purchase of selected textbooks through a new state block grant, replacing the former Illinois Textbook Loan Program.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: HB 3237

An Act Concerning: Employment

Creates a criminal penalty of a Class A misdemeanor for violating the Prevailing Wage Act and debars those convicted or found guilty of violations of the Act for a period of 4 years. Permits state, local and federal law enforcement agencies to obtain relevant documents from contractors and subcontractors. Also, ensures that officers and agents of corporations who perform prevailing wage work are held accountable for the actions of their corporations.